The swallow was resting on this stick in a brush pile. The background is tall, lush grass-a very dark green I toned down a bit in PS. Cloned out a bright white piece of wood.
Canon 7DII; Sigma 150-600 at 600 mm; 1/1250 at f6.3; ISO 640
Excellent image of this swallow, Allen. I like the perch as well. Good job.
Allen, I don’t think I have ever seen a Barn Swallow just perched and resting before! They have buzzed our porch looking for a nesting spot, but we didn’t want the mess they leave so we put some bottles filled with water up in the few places that they thought would work for a nest, and that did the trick. They are very fast. Nice shot of him, and that BG really works great.
Very nice Barn Swallow image, Allen ,The colors look right on.
Great shot, I love the way how the revealed part of the branch matches the color of the barn swallow. No nits from me. Cheers, Hans
Wonderful – great pose, excellent composition, perfect color match with the very interesting perch and a lovely BG!
Wow! A swallow sitting still. Doesn’t happen often so kudos to catching this. The colors are really terrific. I usually just see them whizzing by and grabbing bugs. Have never even attempted to shoot them. Such a sweet background, too.
I like the pose and your edits work very well for this image. I think that you have enough DOF to keep the important pieces of the composition in focus. Well done…Jim
